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A SCOTT DERRICKSON FILM
SINISTERDIRECTED BY
SCOTT DERRICKSON
Starring:
ETHAN HAWKEOpening October 12, 2012
Run time: 110 minutes
PUBLICITY CONTACTS:Bonnie Voland, IM Global: [email protected] / +1.310.777.3590
FILMMAKERS
Directed by Scott Derrickson
Written by Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill
Produced by Jason Blum, Brian Kavanuagh-Jones
Executive Producers Scott Derrickson, Charles Layton
Director of Photography Christopher Norr
Production Designer David Brisbin
Editor Frédéric Thoraval
Music by Christopher Young
Costume Designer Abby O’Sullivan
Casting by Sheila Jaffe C.S.A, Ruth Salen
SHORT SYNOPSIS
SINISTER is a frightening new thriller from the producer of the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY films and the writer-director of THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE. Ethan Hawke plays a true crime novelist who discovers a box of mysterious,
disturbing home movies that plunge his family into a nightmarish experience of supernatural horror.
SHOOTING LOCATIONS
Sinister's main shoot was in a house in Port Washington, Long Island, New York. The super 8 material was shot in Los Angeles There was a day of stage work in
New York City.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
The idea for Sinister came to my co-writer, C. Robert Cargill, in a dream the night he saw the horror film The Ring. Having had this terrifying dream, he had thought about the idea for years - but being a professional film critic and not a screenwriter, there wasn’t much for him to do with it. Cargill and I were friends online, and had only met once in person; but then, two years ago on a cool January night in Las Vegas, I ran into Cargill and we decided to meet for drinks well after midnight. He drank five White Russians then proceeded to tell me the idea for Sinister. I was hooked. We sold the idea to Producer Jason Blum the next week, and five weeks later we had written the script. The film went quickly into production and was completely finished less than a year later.
During the casting stage I toiled over which actor should play Ellison Oswalt. My fear was that, because Ellison is such a flawed character, the audience may turn on him. If I put the wrong actor in the role, the audience wouldn’t care what was happening because they would simply dislike Ellison himself. I decided on Ethan Hawke because I knew that he could play this deeply flawed character without the audience losing interest in him. Ethan in turn introduced me to Juliet Rylance, and after auditioning her, I was sure she was right for the role of Ellison’s wife.
The process of making the film was joyful, because it was the first time in my career that I’ve made a film without any creative intrusion. I didn’t have to make any adjustments to the script based on studio notes, and I had final cut on the film – so Sinister is exactly the film I wanted to make. Very few filmmakers are ever fortunate enough to have that kind of experience.
Thematically, this film – like all horror films – is about fear. But there are many different kinds of fear, and many levels of fear intensity. Anyone who pays to see a horror film is paying to experience genuine fear vicariously, in a safe environment. They want to be scared. So my first goal in making Sinister was to make the scariest film I possibly could. But I also wanted to make a film with some depth and meaning. Ellison Oswalt gets scared a lot in Sinister – by the Super 8 films he watches, by the inexplicable sounds in his house, by the behavior of his children, etc… But Ellison’s deepest fears are much more normal and relatable than his reactions to the horrific things he encounters in the film. He is afraid of losing his status in the world. He is afraid of not being as rich and famous and he once was. He is afraid of not being perceived as a success. This fear in Ellison - which is a fear that I relate to - drives his choices in the film. And that’s really what Sinister is about – the choices that Ellison makes (and doesn’t make) because of his own deep personal fears. And what makes him interesting
is that while his deep fears are obvious to the audience, he himself is blind to them and how they rule his life.
Sinister is also intended to be a horror film about watching horror films. I love the horror genre because it forces the audience (myself included) to confront the things we fear. Good horror can inoculate us against the real evil in the world by forcing us to grapple with it, to reckon with, to admit that we are often powerless against it. Good horror is a manifestation of unspoken and unspeakable human anxieties, and watching it can and should be a healthy experience. But there is a dangerous side to good horror as well – we can get too scared. We can find ourselves not sleeping for nights after seeing the movie. We can awaken deep fears within us that can’t be controlled. And that’s also part of what Sinister is about – the danger and thrill of watching horror. This is not exploitation horror; it is horror to be taken seriously – and much of that seriousness comes from the simple self-reflexive idea of watching a horror film about someone watching horror films.
Lastly, I am often asked if Sinister is a found footage film. The answer is no, this is not a found footage film – it is a film about the guy who finds the footage. To me, that is much more interesting.
Scott Derrickson
ABOUT THE CAST
Ethan Hawke (Ellison) is an actor, writer and director. He made his feature film debut in 1985 with the science fiction movie Explorers, before making a supporting appearance in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society which is considered his breakthrough role. He then appeared in White Fang (1991), A Midnight Clear (1992), and Alive (1993) before taking a role in the 1994 Generation X drama Reality Bites, for which he gained critical acclaim. In 1995, he starred in the romantic drama Before Sunrise, and later in the 2004 sequel Before Sunset. He also co-wrote the sequel for which he received a screenwriting Oscar nomination.
Between Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, Hawke starred in the science fiction feature Gattaca (1997), played the title role in Hamlet (2000) and received Screen Actors Guild and Oscar nominations in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role as a rookie police officer in Training Day (2001). Also in 2001, he made his directorial debut with the independent feature Chelsea Walls.
In 2005, Hawke starred in the action thriller Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). The following year he appeared in Fast Food Nation and then directed The Hottest State based on his 1996 novel. Hawke starred in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), What Doesn't Kill You (2008) and in 2009 both New York I Love You and Staten Island. In 2010 Hawke played a vampire researcher trying to save humanity from extinction in the box-office hit Daybreakers.
In addition to his films, Hawke has appeared in many theater productions. These include The Seagull, Henry IV, Hurlyburly, The Cherry Orchard, The Winter's Tale and The Coast of Utopia, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination. In November 2007 Hawke directed his first play, Jonathan Marc Sherman's Things We Want.
Hawke has written two novels, The Hottest State (1996) and Ash Wednesday (2002).
Juliet Rylance (Tracy) graduated in 2002 from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has since become a notable stage actress. In 2009, she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actress for playing Desdemona in Theater for a New Audience’s Othello. The following year Rylance won an Obie Award for Best Actress for playing Rosaline in The Bridge Project’s production of As You Like It directed by Sam Mendes. She has had significant roles in many other Shakespeare plays. In 2011 she played Irina in Classic Stage Company’s production of Three Sisters with Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessica Hecht.
Fred Dalton Thompson (Sheriff) is an American politician, actor, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, and radio host. Thompson served in the United States Senate representing Tennessee from 1994 to 2003.
As an actor, Thompson has appeared in a large number of movies and television shows. In the final months of his U.S. Senate term in 2002, Thompson joined the cast of the long-running NBC television series Law & Order, playing Manhattan District Attorney Arthur Branch.
In 2009 he had a guest appearance on the ABC television series Life on Mars and in the movie Alleged, about the Scopes Trial. In May 2010, he released his book “Teaching the Pig to Dance: A Memoir of Growing Up and Second Chances.
James Ransone (Deputy) is an actor and former musician from Baltimore, Maryland. He is best known for his roles as Ziggy Sobotka in the second season of HBO's The Wire, and Corporal Josh Ray Person in the Iraq War-based mini-series Generation Kill. In 2010 Ransone appeared in a recurring role on the HBO series Treme and the following year he had a recurring role on another HBO series How to Make it in America.
Clare Foley (Ashley) is best known for her role in Thomas McCarthy’s Win Win in 2011 in which she starred alongside Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale, Jeffrey Tambor and Melanie Lynskey. She also has a recurring role on the HBO series Girls playing the daughter of Kathryn Hahn. Upcoming films include Shakespeare’s Daughter, Dance Hall and Very Good Girls – which also stars Dakota Fanning, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth Olsen and Demi More.
Michael Hall D’Addario (Trevor) started acting in community and regional theatre at the age of 6. He appeared in the Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's Tony award-winning play, The Coast of Utopia, at Lincoln Center Theatre in 2006. In the winter of 2007, D’Addario landed the role of Ben in the 75th Anniversary Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The following year he voiced the lead character of Leo in the NBC animated Christmas special Little Spirit: Christmas in New York. He played Bert in the 2008-2009 Broadway production of All My Sons, starring John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson and Katie Holmes. Television appearances include Are We There Yet?, The Wonder Pets, and John Adams.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Scott Derrickson (Director, Co-Writer) most recently directed The Day the Earth Stood Still starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly, written by David Scarpa. The film was released in late 2008 and to date has earned approximately $235 million in worldwide box office.
Prior to that, Derrickson co-wrote and directed the 2005 film The Exorcism of Emily Rose, which was loosely based on a true story about Anneliese Michel. The film won the 2005 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film, and in 2006, was named in the Chicago Film Critics Association list of the Top 100 Scariest Films Ever Made. To date, The Exorcism of Emily Rose has made almost $145 million in worldwide box office.
In 2011, it was announced that Derrickson will direct Goliath, a new biblical action movie with contemporary sensibilities, and the horror-thriller Two Eyes Staring. He will co-write the script with Paul Boardman. Charlize Theron is currently attached to star. In September 2012 it was announced that Derrickson is attached to direct the paranormal police thriller Beware the Night from another script he co-wrote with Paul Boardman. Derrickson is also writing the script for the remake of the classic horror film Poltergeist. His script for Devil’s Knot was directed by Atom Egoyan and is currently in post-production. The movie stars Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth.
C. Robert Cargill (Writer) started his career over 10 years ago as a blogger at Aint It Cool News. Since then, Cargill has blogged for sites like Film.com and Hollywood.com. Cargill has even appeared in animated form on the website Spill. His first book, Dreams and Shadows, will be published by Harper Voyager in February 2013. Sinister is his first feature screenplay.
Jason Blum (Producer) is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, a multi-media production company that has pioneered a new model of studio filmmaking- producing high-quality micro-budget films for wide release. Since its launch in 2000, Blumhouse has produced more than 30 feature films including some of the most profitable movies of all time, giving filmmakers like Scott Derrickson the ability to tell genre stories that they are passionate about.
Blum’s first production following the high-quality micro-budget model was the original Paranormal Activity, which was made for $15,000, released by Paramount Pictures, and grossed close to $200 million worldwide, making it the most profitable film in the history of Hollywood. The sequel Paranormal Activity 2, grossed close to $170 million worldwide, setting additional box-office records.
Last year, Blumhouse produced highly-profitable movies like James Wan’s Insidious which had a budget of $1.5m and grossed close to $100m worldwide box office and Paranormal Activity 3, which had a budget of $5m and grossed over $200m worldwide. Premiering later this year in addition to Sinister is Paranormal Activity 4 for Paramount Pictures.
Since announcing a first-look deal with Universal Pictures, Blumhouse has wrapped production on The Purge with Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes, Not Safe For Work directed by Joe Johnston, and Mockingbird directed by Bryan Bertino. In addition to these projects Blumhouse has also wrapped on the Scott Stewart directed Dark Skies for Alliance and Dimension and Jessabelle for Lionsgate.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Producer) is the president of Automatik, a Los Angeles based production and financing company. Automatik is a joint venture between IM Global and Alliance Films.
Kavanaugh-Jones executive produced Insidious alongside Jason Blum, as well as Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter, the Strause Brothers' Skyline and Safe directed by Boaz Yakin. Some of Automatik's upcoming films to be released in 2012 include: A Bullet To The Head, starring Sylvester Stallone, directed by Walter Hill; Welcome To The Punch, starring James McAvoy and Mark Strong, directed by Eran Creevy; The Bay, directed by Barry Levinson and Lords of Salem, directed by Rob Zombie. Currently, Automatik is in post-production on Dead Man Down, starring Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace, directed by Niels Arden Oplev and Hummingbird, starring Jason Statham, directed by Steven Knight.
Charles Layton (Executive Producer) is President of Alliance Films. Prior to Alliance Films he was Executive Vice President of The Weinstein Company and, before that, Miramax Films.
Jeanette Brill (Associate Producer) has over twenty years of production experience working in the film, TV, and music video industries. She established her company CatchLight in 1999 and has served as an executive producer for romantic comedies In the Weed and Amy’s Orgasm and Producer for the documentaries Red, White and Buddha, and World Festival of Sacred Music, and feature films Break a Leg, and Heart of the Beholder. As a line producer she has worked on numerous independent features and projects including Krews, Rings (picked up by Dreamworks), and Six Billion Paths to Peace with the Shinnyo-en Foundation and for Jason Blum on Paranormal Activity 1, 2 & 3, Insidious and
Barry Levinson’s environmental thriller, The Bay. In 2012 she joined Blumhouse as the Head of Production.
Bailey Conway (Associate Producer) After working in the Film Finance Division at Creative Artists Agency, Conway joined Automatik at its inception in April 2010 to run the day-to-day operations of the company and shepherd development and production. Most recently, she served as Associate Producer on the Scott Stewart directed Dark Skies. She is also an Associate Producer on Jay Chandrasekhar’s The Babymakers starring Paul Schneider and Olivia Munn and Rob Zombie’s The Lords Of Salem. She is currently involved in Bullet to the Head, starring Sylvester Stallone and Dead Man Down staring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace.
Jessica Hall (Associate Producer) is the Director of Development at Blumhouse Productions. Through their deal at Universal, the company is focused on making high-quality micro-budget films for wide release. Jessica is involved with over 50 projects in various stages of production and development. She served as Associate Producer on Jay Chandrasekhar’s The Babymakers released last month, Lords of Salem directed by Rob Zombie and Jessabelle which is currently in post production. Hall is a co-producer on Mockingbird the Bryan Bertino directed film for Universal. She has also just wrapped production on Dark Skies directed by Scott Stewart. Currently in production is the Catherine Hardwicke directed Plush, which stars Emily Browning, Xavier Samuel and Cam Gigandet.
Christopher Norr (Cinematographer) started his career at 13 assisting his father Carl Norr, an award-winning commercial D.P., and by the age of 18, Norr was getting paid to shoot short films. His early experiences as a camera assistant landed him work on seminal films like Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors and Rob Reiner’s When Harry Met Sally. During that time he also studied from the sidelines other directing greats like Sydney Pollack, Ron Howard, and Oliver Stone, and award-winning cinematographers such as Sven Nykvist, Giuseppe Rotunno, Bob Richardson, and Gordon Willis, but it wasn‘t long before he was at the center of the action, shooting numerous independent feature films, dozens of commercials and music videos himself and putting his learned skills to work.
Recent projects include Family Weekend, Sympathy for Delicious, Staten Island, What Doesn’t Kill You, 1937, and The Hottest State. His film Queen Freak is currently in production.
While Christopher is first and foremost a D.P., he continues to take advantage of all opportunities to learn more about the art form, which has included collaborations with Director Michel Gondry and D.P. Ellen Kuras on the visually experimental films Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Be Kind Rewind as well as operating on Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones Shine a Light and Fran Lebowitz documentaries.
David Brisbin (Production Designer) has production designed over 20 movies including In The Cut for Jane Campion, Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho for Gus Van Sant, The Lookout for Scott Frank, Twilight: New Moon for Chris Weitz, and two previous Scott Derrickson films, The Day The Earth Stood Still and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Trained initially as an architect (BFA, Rice University) and interned under noted American architect, Robert Venturi, Brisbin also studied filmmaking (MFA, Cal Arts) under the late film director, Alexander Mackendrick. After receiving the Henry Luce Scholars grant, Brisbin worked as a T.V. news reporter in Manila where he covered the fall of the Marcos regime. In recent years he has pursued his related interests in New Media as a resident at the New Media Lab of the Canadian Film Centre, and in documentary film as director / producer of the feature documentary, Nice Hat! 5 Enigmas in the Life of Cambodia.
Frederic Thoraval (Editor) was born and raised in France. After film school, he began working in the editorial department of a commercial production company in Paris. For six years he was involved in the creation of numerous commercials before transitioning into film and becoming an editor on the Luc Besson produced Kiss of the Dragon, starring Jet Li and Bridget Fonda.
In 2004, a meeting with Pierre Morel marked his debut as a lead editor with the movie District B13, which was chosen as one of TIME Magazine’s Top Ten Films in 2006. Since then, Thoraval has worked on various films, including Luc Besson’s Angel-A and Pierre Morel’s Taken which starred Liam Neeson and was a huge U.S. box office success.
Christopher Young (Composer) is a Golden Globe-nominated composter who has scored over 100 features in a variety of genres. In 1995 he scored Species for which he received a Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel nomination. Also in 1995 Young worked with Jon Amiel to score Warner Bros.’ dramatic thriller Copycat and the film and score received critical-acclaim. Young worked with Amiel again on the comedy The Man Who Knew Too Little, Entrapment and The Core.
Young has also worked with Sam Raimi numerous times starting with The Gift in 2000. Young also provided additional music on Spiderman 2, scored The Grudge and The Grudge 2, scored Spiderman 3 and most recently scored Drag Me to Hell.
In 2001 Young scored the 2001 Miramax romantic drama, The Shipping News, directed by Oscar nominee Lasse Hallstrom. Young received both a Critic’s Choice and Golden Globe nomination for his work on this film.
Young’s other works include: The Hurricane, Wonder Boys, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Swordfish, Beauty Shop, Ghost Rider, Untraceable, Sleepwalking, Priest, The Rum Diary and he has previously worked with Scott Derrickson on his film The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
Abby O’Sullivan (Costume Designer) is a New York based Costume and Fashion Designer. She has contributed to Italian, British and American Vogue magazines, as well as V, Bazaar, Paper, Elle, W and WWD, as a stylist and liaison. The films Abby worked on have been nominated for two Academy Awards and granted distinctions by the Gotham Awards, Sundance Film Festival, Independent Spirit Awards, National Board of Review and The Screen Actors Guild, among others. Some of her films include NoNAMES, Ten Stories Tall, Adam, Adventures of Power, and Frozen River. Inspired by the fantasy element of the costume world, Abby set out to create women’s line KEEN-O CALDER debuting for spring 2010. She continues to design ensembles for a range of colorful characters in burlesque, theater and film.
Sheilla Jaffe (Casting) has more than two decades of experience and more than 120 credits to her name, including recent films MacGruber and Rocky Balboa and Vegas, a new CBS drama pilot starring Dennis Quaid, Michael Chiklis, and Carrie-Anne Moss. With casting partner Georgianne Walken, she won a primetime Emmy Award in 1999 and received five subsequent nominations for casting The Sopranos, and she was nominated from 2005 to 2007 for her work on the HBO series Entourage. Jaffe is also a four-time Artios Award winner, an honor bestowed by her peers in the Casting Society of America.
Entourage was part of Jaffe’s prolific partnership with show creator Mark Wahlberg, which officially began with the film The Italian Job. She has since cast the majority of Wahlberg’s projects, including The Fighter, Invincible,Ted and the upcoming Broken City. Jaffe has also maintained long-term relationships with other actor-producers, such as Sylvester Stallone, Ethan Hawke, and Steve Buscemi. (A collaboration with the latter on Trees Lounge resulted in David Chase hiring Jaffe and Walken to cast the pilot for The Sopranos.)
Ruth Salen (Casting) Ruth has worked in casting on movies such as The Fighter, Observe and Report, Pete Smalls is Dead, September Dawn, Freedomland, The Big Valley, Sunnyside Up and on the TV Series Johnny Zero and Jury.
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Unit Production ManagerKAYLENE CARLSON
First Assistant DirectorGERARD DiNARDI
Second Assistant DirectorNICHOLAS E. BELL
Associate ProducersJESSICA HALL
BAILEY CONWAY
Associate ProducersJEANETTE VOLTURNO-BRILL
RICK A. OSAKO
Line ProducerGERARD DiNARDI
CAST
Ellison Oswalt ETHAN HAWKETracy JULIET RYLANCE
Sheriff FREDiDALTON THOMPSON
Deputy JAMES RANSONETrevor MICHAELiHALL
D’ADDARIO
Ashley CLARE FOLEYE.M.T. ROB RILEY
Anchor TAVIS SMILEYReporter JANET ZAPPALA
Stephanie VICTORIA LEIGHBBQ Boy CAMERONiOCASIO
Pool Party Boy ETHANiHABERFIELD
Lawn Work Girl DANIELLE KOTCH
Sleepy Time Boy BLAKE MIZRAHIBughuul/Mr. Boogie NICK KING
Los Angeles Stunt Coordinator ROB KINGNew York Stunt Coordinator TRAMPAS THOMPSON
Stunt Double – Ellison AARON VEXLER
Stunt PerformersHEIDI BURGER SCOTT BURIK
CHRIS COLOMBO DEVIN SANCHEZ
SHAWNNA THIBODEAW
Stunt RiggersROY FARFEL JIM FORD
GREG HARVEY KATIE LEITENDAVID JANUZZI VICTORIA PAGUIA
DAVID SHUMBRIS
Post Production SupervisorJAMES K. JENSEN
First Assistant Editor SARAH C. REEVES
B Camera Operator JACK DONNELLYAdditional B Camera Operator CHRIS REYNOLDS
Steadicam Operator GEORGEiBIANCHINI
Camera First Assistant ETHAN BORSUKB Camera First Assistant DANNY FEIGHERY
Camera Second Assistant DAN MERRILLB Camera Second Assistant RANDYiSCHWARTZ
Media Manager JACOB STAHLMANMotion Control Technician STEVE SCAMMELL
Still Photographer PHIL CARUSO
Production Sound Mixer JACK HUTSONBoom Operator THOMAS JORDAN
Art Director JOHN EL MANAHIAssistant Art Director CARMEN CARDENAS
Graphic Artist ERIC BRYANTAssistant to Production Designer CATE DEVANEY
Art Department Production Assistant SU LEEConcept Artist BENJAMINiTHOMAS
SCARSBROOK
Titles and Graphic Design AARON BECKER
Set Decorator SARAH DENNISAssistant Set Decorator JACKIE CANTO
Leadman PHIL BECK, IIIOn-Set Dresser MIKE MARZIGLIANO
Additional On-Set Dresser EVAN SEIDESet Dressers MIKE SPENCE
CHRIS LEUZZISet Dresser Production Assistant RODDY CRUZ
Property Master OMAR VAIDAssistant Property Master CHARLESiJ.
COLEMAN
Special Effects Coordinator PHIL BECK, JR.Special Effects Technicians PETER APPOLD
ROBERT BECKJOHN DiCLEMENTIJOHN HOWELL
Chief Lighting Technician NINA KUHNBest Boy Electrician DANIELiJAMES
McCABEGenny Operator BLAISE MILLER
Electricians CRAIG ADDONIZIOCARL CASANOSEAN FEEHAN
Key Grip BRENT POLESKIBest Boy Grip KENNETH FUNDUS
Dolly Grip RANDOLPHi“RUDIE” CARTY
Grips KENITH BRUZZOSCOTT DEANGELOROB TEDESCHI, JR.MARK PETRONIO
Costume Supervisor SHAWNIQUE HILLOn-Set Costumer DELVAN JAMES
Additional Costumers LAINIE ANDERSONALYSSA RODRIGUEZ
Costume Assistant GINA RUIZ
Make-up Department Head ARIELLE TOELKEKey Make-up LAUZANNE NEL
Additional Make-up DAWN TUNNELL
Hair Department Head SATOKO ICHINOSEKey Hair Stylist LILIANA MEYRICK
Special Effects Make-up Supervisor DANIELLE NOESpecial Effects Make-up for Mr. Boogie OZZY ALVAREZ
Special Effects Make-up Artists JOE AMELLAADAM BAILEYRICH KRUSSELLJASON MILANIBJOERN REHBEINSTAYC St. ONGE
Construction Coordinator RICHIE HEBRANKKey Carpenter PETER BUNDRICK
Key Construction Grip LEE SHEVETTCarpenter Foreman BEN ROSS
Construction Grip JOHN KENNEDYScenic Charge SARAH BERNEY
Scenics DENNIS TILLBERGJOHN PAUL
Set Medics MITCHELL BERKOWITZDEBORAH BLAKECATHY HESKINLISA WALKER
Location Manager MICHAEL NICKODEMLocation Assistants PAUL LUCERO
ALEX DORMANLocation Scout GREG ROUTT
Production Accountant MARYANNiC. FONDULAS
First Assistant Accountant WINDI SEE VIANELLOPayroll Accountant JOSH BELL
Tax Credit Accountant ELLIOTT KERMANPost Production Accountant MINNIE DUERR
Production Supervisor LIOR VARDI
Production Coordinator KERRI HUNDLEYAssistant Production Coordinator PETE DiFOLCO
Assistant to Director/B Camera Supervisor MATTHEW TIBBENHAM
Second Assistant Director ERICA FISHMAN
Second Second Assistant Director ADAM BERNARDAdditional Second Second Assistant Director EDDIE GRIFFITH
Production Secretary EMMANUELLE GEORGE
Production Assistant MIKE MITCHELLKey Set Production Assistant GEORGEiBRASSEY
Set Production Assistants GIUSEPPE ARDIZZONE
BLAINE CHOUCORTNEY CUNNANENATALI JONESTIMOTHY LaFLEUR
Production Office Assistant DAVID FORMENTINAssistant to Jason Blum CHELSEA PETERS
Assistant to Brian Kavanaugh-Jones ALEX SAKSArt Department Interns DAVID NEWHOUSE
CECILIA SCARABELLO
ROCIO VALENZUELACamera Intern JENNA BUSHOffice Interns SARAH NADEAU
THOMAS MEYERSet Production Intern AVALONNE HALL
On-Set Educator CHRISTINE RUDAKEWYCZ
Script Supervisors STACY ROWEOLENKA DENYSENKO
Video Playback Operator ADAM SMELINProjectionists GEORGE
GOTISCHALKJESSE A. MAGAN
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Chef BRIAN HAVENSCraft Service JAVIER ROJAS
On-Set Craft Service ROGER VELILLA
Transportation Coordinator HERB LIEBERZDrivers SCOTT LIEBERZ
GARY O’CONNELL
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Dog Wrangler CHARLES LOGUIDICE
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First Assistant Director GERARD DiNARDISecond Assistant Director DANIELiA.iGILES-
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Camera First Assistant WILL DEARBORNStill Photographer DANIEL McFADDEN
Set Decorator AMY VUCKOVICHLeadman ANDREW SETTLE
Set Dressers JUSTIN PRICEDOUG DEVINE
Property Master THOMAS SPENCESpecial Effects Coordinator RYAN SENECAL
Chief Lighting Technician JEREMY LAUNAISKey Grip ALEX KLABUKOV
Costume Supervisor JESSICA WENGERMake-up Department Head KARMA KAREL
Hair Department Head TERRY ROBBINSSet Medic GREG KNAPPLifeguard DAVID FALICKI
Location Manager MURRAY MILLERProduction Coordinator DAN PARKER
Production Assistant PARKER HAYNES
Set Production Assistants NINO MANCUSOMATTHEW HILL
On Set Educator CHARMAINE BOOSCraft Service JOE HUI
Transportation Captain TOM JONESDriver JAMES
MESSERSMITH
Animal Wrangler STEVE BERENSExtras Casting JOSEPH HICKS
Casting by SHEILAiJAFFE CASTING
Casting Associate SUSANiPALEY ABRAMSON
Casting Assistant ALEXANDRA FRANKLIN
Extras Casting SYLVIAiFAYi& ASSOCIATES
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Stand Ins BALTIMORE RUSSELL
ANDI POLLAND
Additional Assistant Editor BRIAN SWANSON
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Co-Supervising Sound Editor PAULiHACKNER, MPSE
Re-Recording Mixers MATTHEW IADAROLAPAULiHACKNER, MPSE
Sound Effects Editor DAVID A. WHITTAKER MPSE
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ADR Mixers MARK DESIMONEBEAUX NEYLON
Music Editor THOMAS MILANO
Orchestrators CHRISTOPHER YOUNGSEBASTIANiCANO BESQUET
Music Sound Design & Synth Programming JASON ACUNAMARK ARMAINDANIEL WEHRART DENISSOV
Score Coordinators REBECCA NUNEZMEGUMI SASANO
Visual Effects Producer JASON PICCIONI
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Visual Effects Supervisor DAVID ALTENAUVisual Effects Producer TIM JACOBSENCompositing Supervisor JASON FOTTER
CG Supervisor MATT VAN BROCKVisual Effects Coordinator DIANE MACKE
Compositors MIKE BOZULICHANTONIO CHANGERIC HAYDENMATT MASSARELLA JOSH MIYAJIKIMBERLY PEPEPABLO WANG
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DOUGHERTY
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(double column songs)
“Silence Teaches You How To Sing”
(Rygg/Sværen/Ylvisaker)
Performed By Ulver
Courtesy Of Jester Records, Oslo, Norway
“CineTronic Blood”
Written and Performed by Daniel Wehr
Courtesy of CineTronic
"A Body Of Water"
Written And Performed By Judgehydrogen
Courtesy Of Rising Oculus Recordings
“Sacrifice”
Music By Andréa Nebel
Performed By Aghast
“Call From The Grave”
Music By Andréa Nebel
Performed By Aghast
“Gyroscope“
Written By Michael Sandison And Marcus Sandison
Performed By Boards Of Canada
Courtesy Of Warp Records Ltd.
“Fragment #1”
Written By Nicholas Triarchos
Performed By Accurst
Courtesy Of Red Stream, Inc./Colflesh Music
“Fragment #3”
Written By Nicholas Triarchos
Performed By Accurst
Courtesy Of Red Stream, Inc./Colflesh Music
“Fragment #9”
Written By Nicholas Triarchos
Performed By Accurst
Courtesy Of Red Stream, Inc./Colflesh Music
"Blood Swamp"
Written & Performed By Sunn O))) & Boris
Courtesy Of Southern Lord Recordings
“Waking Cthuhlu”
Music By Andréa Nebel
Performed By Aghast Manor
“Enthral”
Music By Andréa Nebel
Performed By Aghast
Filmed On Location In Long Island, NY and Surrounding CommunitiesFilmed with the Support of the New York State Governor’s Office for the
Motion Picture and Television Development
The filmmakers wish to extend their personal thanks to the following for theircontributions to the making of this movie:
STUART FORD
AIRWAVESALEX DEMETRIADES
ANGIE CONNERSAPPLE, INC
AT&TBENNINGTON COLLEGE
BLACKBERRYBONNIE VOLANDBUFFALO TRACE
CONVERSECUISINART
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DROR MOHARFRANK PRUGO
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GOLD COAST STUDIOSHEINEKENHOSTESS
JANOSON CONSTRUCTION CORP.JONATHAN DECKTERJULIE MANDELBAUM
LAUREN VALENTILeCREUSETLUXOTTICAMAGLITES
MICHAEL ROBANMICROSOFT
MIGUEL PALOSMURRAY HILL STUDIOS
NIKENIXONOGIO
OLD BROOKVILLE POLICE DEPT.ORIENTAL TRADING CO.
PELICANPLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM
PUMARAZOR
REBECCA WEISRICHARD KUHNLASAMMY JANOWITZ
SKECHERS
SPLENDIDSTATE OF NEW YORK, OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION
AND HISTORIC PRESERVATIONSTEPHEN KEMPSER
TAVIS SMILEYTOWN OF OYSTER BAY
UNITED METHODIST CHURCHVANS
VILLAGE OF MATINECOCKVILLAGE OF MUTTONTOWNVILLAGE OF SANDS POINT
VILLAGE OF UPPER BROOKVILLEVIVITARVTECH
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